In the middle of the night, Pfc. Bowe Bergdahl grabs a notebook, snacks, water, some cash. Then he quietly slips off a remote U.S. Army outpost in eastern Afghanistan and into the dark, open desert. About 20 minutes later, it occurs to him: he’s in over his head.

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In 2010, WikiLeaks published an archive of classified U.S. military documents. It includes military communications from June 30, the day Bergdahl walked off his outpost, as well as the search for him over the next several days. Here are some highlights.

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When Sean Smith of the Guardian published these photos of Bergdahl’s platoon at OP Mest, they got in big trouble for being out of uniform. Some of the soldiers thought the punishment was—at worst—unfair. But for Bergdahl, it was the last straw.

Bowe Bergdahl said he planned to cause a DUSTWUN by leaving his outpost, OP Mest, and running—or at least walking—to his base, FOB Sharana. This map (push play to fly over the area) gives a sense of the terrain he would have had to cross.